Dr. Anthony Fauci discusses Covid-19 pandemic response, Wall Street Journal's Scott McCartney discusses airline travel amid the Covid-19 pandemic, and Nat'l Congress of American Indians' Fawn Sharp discusses issues affecting Native Americans.
Axios held a virtual conversation with health policy and administration experts to discuss health equity issues and how they need to be addressed under a Biden administration and beyond.
UCLA and the Aspen Institute hosted a discussion on the role of the Latino electorate in the 2020 election. The panel discussed similarities and differences within the Latino community, voter turnout and the importance of Latino voters in Arizona, Florida, and Texas.
French President Emmanuel Macron announced that the peak of the second wave of the pandemic was over and he was easing some of he COVID-19 lockdown restrictions in time for the Christmas holiday. In his address to the nation from Paris, he outlined some of the changes to the current restrictions, including reopening small business and allowing people to exercise outside for up to three hours a day with a permit to leave their home. France is still under a full lockdown until December 15, 2020. He also talked about financial support for college students and the progress of the country's vaccine development. His 25-minute remarks were courtesy of France 24 television.
The Brookings Institution hosted a virtual discussion on U.S. foreign policy in a Biden administration. A panel of foreign policy experts addressed several topics, including Afghan peace talks and the Taliban, the perception of America's never-ending wars in the Middle East, and the impact of the current troop withdrawals ordered by President Trump. They also discussed what roles Pakistan and India could play in U.S. foreign policy, and what foreign policy might look like under the Biden administration.
President-elect Joe Biden delivered a Thanksgiving address from Wilmington, Delaware. He acknowledged how tough it is to forego holiday traditions and gatherings due to the pandemic and urged everyone to take necessary precautions to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
President Trump called in to make remarks over the phone at a Pennsylvania Republican Legislature meeting to examine the 2020 general election. The president said "we got 74 million votes" and claimed "horrible things" happened and that Republican poll watchers were "treated like a dog."
The Atlantic Council hosted a virtual discussion on Middle East security and peace negotiations between the Afghan government and the Taliban. Among the speakers were the Afghan Ambassador to the U.S. Roya Rahmani and former United Nations Special Envoy for Afghanistan Lakhdar Brahimi.
